Starin at the world through my rearview
Go on baby scream to God, he can’t hear you-
Tupac on “Starin through my rearview”
Fear, what is fear? Do we all have the innate ability to not fear anything? I don’t think so because we all have our fears. We may be afraid that one day we will die due to how old we are getting or how bad of health we may be in. Fear is in all of us and when it involves more than one person, it can be quite scary and almost allow for a person to second guess the choice they made on that day. I remember almost 13 years ago my brother was learning how to drive stick on a Ford truck that actually used to be driven around these parts but we decided that none of us could rive. Anyway, my brother started learning how to drive from my Grandpa and my brother caught on pretty quickly as he had to learn how to apply the clutch and how fast he was going if he was going to use that clutch. My brother seemed excited and anxious to get driving and I could tell that him driving w as beneficial towards his well being and our families’ well being. Growing up, my family and I never really had any sort of car or truck so we just took the bus all the time which resulted years later into my brother learning how to drive. My brother got back from driving with my grandpa and he said that he knew how to drive already and he would take me later on a ride with him. This was known as cruising in our time so I was excited for the opportunity to go with my brother to the nearest pueblo. He put on his wranglers and his button upped cowboy shirt and I put on some jeans and we were off. Everything seemed fine and everything was running smoothly until we went off the side of the road. What I mostly remember was that my brother might have been going too fast for the stick is not friendly to the dirt road and he might have been gong too fast or too slow and he hit the side of the road but we were facing the road and we couldn’t get out because things could have gotten worse if we did. I remember being scared of the consequences that could have happened if we stayed in the truck. Who would come for us? Would they care? Would our parents be upset? How much had my brother be willing to take the blame if it was his first time driving me? I was scared for what was to come and what could have been and it was the first time in my life that I recognized the importance of my brother. He was not only willing to show me a fun time in what I believed at the time, a piece of garbage town, he also tried to comfort me as we both sat in the truck wondering if anybody would come and help us out of the truck. We waited for a few minutes in silence because we were so young at that time, that we didn’t understand what to think. Could we think that this was a mistake? Maybe, could we laugh it off? Maybe? How much trouble would this mean? I waited for a while until a man saw us stuck in there and he saw on the end of other side of the road. that there was one of those vehicles that could pull us out. We waited for him to come back and I was still scared as to what would be said, especially to my dad. He pulled us out and I learned from that no matter how much you may be afraid, just be strong and don’t be fearful of things that may happen in the future. Things happen too often for people to keep track of their lives and it is a struggle when you are afraid of something as simple as being confined to a single setting. Anyway, that was my talk on fear and why not let’s end it with a music video:
Just Another Day... 